Project 1 Presentation – Wednesday, October 3rd

This is a reminder that your Project 1 Presentation will take place this Wednesday, October 3rd.

You and your teammates must gather into their assigned room no later than 1:30pm and the first presentation will begin promptly at 1:30pm. You must click on the link below to find out which room your team is assigned to. This is also saved in Connect > Project 1 Capsim > Project Presentation – Wednesday, October 3rd > Presentation Schedule.

Presentation Schedule (students) – Wednesday, October 3rd

As you see, 4 teams are assigned to 1 of the 5 rooms. Each team will have 20 minutes; 15 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes Q&A. The presentation order you see here is not the actual order and you will find out this information when you arrive at the presentation room.

It is crucial that we stay on schedule as every team needs to reconvene to Ponderosa Centre (Arbutus Room) at 3:15pm where the presentation debrief will take place from 3:15 to 4:00pm. Please be reminded that the MBA Elections are scheduled shortly after at 4:00pm.

 

REMINDER: Project 1 Rehearsal: Rooms Sign-up Sheet

This is a friendly reminder should you and your teammates are looking for a room to rehearse your project presentation for Wednesday.

To sign-up for a room on Monday, October 1st, please go to:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AicK696mqfovdE9nVGZCSU9RV0JmRlN4bm1yNWF5M0E#gid=0

To sign-up for a room on Tuesday, October 2nd, please go to:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AicK696mqfovdEM4MlhiWU1oVzFNU2Q4MzRHbVZyc1E#gid=1

Important Note: As you see, each time slot is set to be one hour long for each of the listed rooms. To sign-up for a room, you must enter the first and last name of each team member, team #, industry name and team company. There is no limitation to signing-up the number of time slots now and you are welcome to sign-up as many time slots as your team needs.

Please note that these presentation rehearsal times are not mandatory and have been made available only to benefit the 2014 FT MBA students.

FINAL REMINDER: Integrated Foundation Feedback Survey – Due midnight tonight, October 1st

Please kindly complete the Integrated Foundation Feedback Survey by midnight tonight at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VKLY2WC.

We have received 60 out of 92 responses so far.

Your feedback is undoubtedly valuable to us and the summary of results will be discussed at the Fundamental Reflection session this Thursday.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation. We appreciate your support in our efforts of ongoing improvements to the UBC Full-time MBA Program.

IMPORTANT REMINDER: Integrated Foundation Feedback Survey – Due midnight, October 1st

We notice that only 18 students have completed the Integrated Foundation Feedback Survey so far…

We invite you to participate in the Full-time MBA Integrated Foundation Feedback survey which seeks to gather information on your experiences in the Integrated Foundation. It would be greatly appreciated if you could provide insight into what we can improve upon, as well as what we can continue to do well in order to ensure that we provide a valuable experience for current and future students in the Integrated Foundation.

This information will be TOTALLY CONFIDENTIAL – AT NO POINT WILL YOU BE REQUIRED TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF.

I encourage you to participate and provide your input through this survey, which should take you no more than 15 minutes to complete. The deadline to submit this survey is midnight on Monday, October 1st and the summary of the results will be discussed in class on Thursday, October 4th. We hope to address areas of improvement that matter to you the most.

To access the survey, just click on the following link; no user ID or password is required.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VKLY2WC

Thank you in advance for your cooperation. We appreciate your support in our efforts of ongoing improvements to the UBC Full-time MBA Program.

Monday, October 1st – Ponderosa Centre (new venue)

We would like to bring to your attention that we will be at a new location for the Wriston Case on at 8:00am on Monday, October 1st.

Ponderosa Centre (Arbutus Room)
2071 West Mall – only 5 minutes walking distance from Henry Angus

Directions: http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.php?locat1=192

Lunch will be provided.

The dress code will be business casual as John Montalbano (CEO of RBC Global Asset Management / Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management) will be joining us on this day – meaning no jeans or runners.

REMINDER: Project 1 Report – Due Tomorrow, September 28th @ 4:00pm

This is a reminder that your Project 1 Report is due at 4:00pm tomorrow, September 28th. In order for your project to be graded, it is mandatory that each team completes both tasks below.

1. One person from each team must take the lead to submit the softcopy of your report via Turnitin by 4:00pm.

2. Each team must submit 2 hardcopies at the front reception in the MBA & ECM Programs Office (HA 137) by 4:00pm.

Please note that late assignments (after 4:00pm) will NOT be accepted.